Dùng thuộc tính innerHTML trên đối tượng cell (td).
Ví dụ
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function cellFunc(x) {
var cell = document.getElementById(x).rows[0].cells;
document.write(cell[0].innerHTML);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table style="border:2px solid black" id="newtable">
<tr><td>One</td><td>Two</td></tr>
<tr><td>Three</td><td>Four</td></tr>
<tr><td>Five</td><td>Six</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
<input type="button" onclick="cellFunc('newtable')" value="Display Table Cell">
</p>
</body>
</html>